Cherax parvus
Keith A. CrandallTypes
Holotype, Queensland Museum W18121 (male); paratypes, Queensland Museum W18123 (female), W18133 (6 male, 2 female), W17494 (10 male, 4 female).Distribution
Recorded from the upper Tully R. and its tributary, O'Leary Ck, above Koombooloomba Dam, at 720-750 m altitude, Cardwell Ra., NEQ.Habitat
Freshwater, short phreatic burrows under rocks or amongst leaf litter in shallow open water (1 m), rocks/sand or clay substrates, fringing simple notophyll vine forest, 720-750 m altitude, zero to moderate flow, water clarity high.References
Short, J. W. & Davie, P. J. F. 1993. Two new species of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) from northeastern Queensland rainforest. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 69-80.
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